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如何找不到任何东西 2.0
1Harvard Injury Control Research Center, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. hemenway@hsph.harvard.edu.
Journal of public health policy
|December 10, 2024
概括
这项研究批评了枪支研究中使用的统计方法,发现枪支所有权和自杀率之间没有显著的关系. 它强调了研究美国各州,城市和国家的横截面生态研究中的有问题的方法.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 统计 统计 统计 统计
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 在回归分析中的统计方法可能被滥用,以发现变量之间没有显著关系.
- 之前的工作强调了枪支研究中的统计能力问题.
- 这种观点侧重于在枪支研究中"没有发现任何东西",特别是关于自杀率和枪支所有权.
研究的目的:
- 检查枪支研究中的有问题的统计方法.
- 分析家庭枪支所有权影响自杀率的假设.
- 专注于横截面的生态研究设计.
主要方法:
- 在枪支研究中"没有发现任何东西"的三个例子的回顾.
- 对研究的分析,研究了美国各州,城市和国家的自杀率变化.
- 专注于一个特定的枪支研究人员的工作,他以"什么都找不到"而闻名.
主要成果:
- 确定了有问题的统计方法,导致枪支研究中的非显著发现.
- 批判性地检查了关于枪支所有权和自杀率的横截面生态研究.
- 突出了研究中的不一致性和潜在偏见,旨在发现没有关系.
结论:
- 有问题的统计方法可能会掩盖枪支所有权与自杀率之间的真实关系.
- 关于枪支和自杀的横截面生态研究需要仔细的方法检查.
- 一些研究人员一贯地"没有发现任何东西",因此需要对他们的统计实践进行批判性评估.
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